News quiz for week ending 10/26/12

Questions

1. The people described in this week’s article on success stories had one thing in common:a) they all worked incredibly hard to succeedb) they all have spouses who supported them every step of the wayc) they all had natural talent in their areas of expertised) they all had a rich father who funded their start

2. The famous athletes mentioned in the article on success all had this in common:a) they all had coaches who pushed them to the limitb) they all practiced many extra hours to perfect their gamec) they all had parents who pushed them to exceld) they all took performance enhancing drugs

3. Early this week it was reported that the U.S. had predator drones flying over Behghazi during the attack on Sept. 11, and that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta:a) were not informed of the attackb) were considering available options to respond to the attackc) sent the FBI to arrest a man in California for making a film insulting to Muslimsd) were playing golf with President Obama and unable to be reached

4. Reuters followed up the report on the U.S. drones that flew over Behghazi during the attack on our consulate with news that officials at the White House and State Department: a) believed the attack was a spontaneous result of anger by protesters over a video insulting Islam’s prophet Mohammedb) had not been notified that there was any problem in Benghazic) were preparing an apology to the people of Libya d) were advised two hours after the attack began that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack

5. Six scientists and a government official were convicted of ______________ by an Italian court this week for failing to give adequate warning of an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in L’Aquila in 2009.a) manslaughterb) perjuryc) fraudd) vehicular homicide

6. The seven in Italy convicted in the case over the earthquake prediction were sentenced to:a) six months of community serviceb) sixty years in prisonc) six years in prisond) exile

7. Text neck is headache and/or neck pain caused by:a) a forward head posture/when the head is bent over for long periods of timeb) holding a mobile device at eye levelc) slouchingd) texting while driving

8. The activity that causes text neck is:a) talking on the telephoneb) watching TV in the darkc) using an MP3 playerd) using mobile or electronic devices for long periods of time

9. A total of _______ Senate seats are up for election on November 6. a) 3b) 10c) 33d) 50

10. Winning a majority in the Senate is important because the winning party chooses the Senate majority leader who gets to:a) determine what business the Senate will conduct, and appoint all of the Senate Committee chairsb) use Air Force One to fly to and from his/her home state every weekendc) filibuster any proposed bills the party does not liked) have dinner with the President